The Last Lone Inventor

A “cogent and elegant” chronicle of the young television pioneer and the corporate executive determined to steal his invention ( Publishers Weekly ). Many men have laid claim to the title "father of television," but Philo T. Farnsworth is the true genius behind what may be the most influential invention of our time. In 1927, at only twenty years old, he created the first fully electronic television system, beating out inventors working on similar projects across the globe. Driven by his obsessio